oh-sewing-circle: “Around the time of the shooting of Our Dancing Daughters (1928), rumors of Joan’s
oh-sewing-circle: “Around the time of the shooting of Our Dancing Daughters (1928), rumors of Joan’s bisexuality began to surface, in spite of (or perhaps because of) her highly publicized relationship with pretty-boy Douglas Fairbanks. Part of it was her intense desire to become friends with costar Anita Page, which some thought indicated that she had a crush on Page. For her part, Page later told writer William Mann that ‘it may have been true in the beginning, that she wanted to know me for that reason.’ Her friend and confidant, Jerry Asher was certain Joan lusted for Page, revealing that she had more than once admitted as much. Asher also related that Joan got farther with Dorothy Sebastian, cast as Beatrice in Our Dancing Daughters, and with Gwen Lee, who would appear with Joan in Untamed (1929) and Paid (1930). He felt certain that Joan and early roomate Mae Clarke had been on and off lovers for a time.”-Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography by Lawrence J. Quirk -- source link